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VOLI MR XXXVII.
NUMBER «.
Cfje IU& ant placfe
Work Is Begun
On Theater for
Dramatic Club
Lucy Cobb Chape) Will Be
Remodeled, Renovated for
Thalian-Blackfriars Plays
Remodeling of the former Lucy
Cobb chapel into a little theater for
use of the Thalian-Blackfriars Dra
matic club was begun this week as
the players started rehearsal for
their first production, “Berkeley
Square,” to be shown in Athens early
in December. v
The historic structure is to be
renovated and partly rebuilt; within
and without, to serve as the first
permanent, home for a university
dramatic organization. It will be
reopened, as Seney Stovall Memorial
theatre, with “Berkeley Square.”
Thousand Dollars Spent
More than a thousand dollars is
being spent on the work, which is
being supervised by Edward C.
Crouse, director of the Thalian-
Blackfriars. When completed, the
theater is expected to compare with
the best college playhouses in this
section of the South.
The stage is being rebuilt and will
be equipped with new lighting facili
ties. Interior walls havo been re
plastered and are to be redecorated.
The entire heating system of the
building is being renewed, and more
than half the old window frames
have been replaced with new sashes
and new glass. Upon completion of
the actual constructional work, the
structure is to have a thorough
cleaning.
Wood trim on the exterior is to
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New Feature Made
In Late Pamphlet
Of the G. S. P. A.
A new feature is announced in the
November G. S. P. A. bulletin which
has been sent to seventy-five high
school publications. In this issue of
the bulletin, publication of a series
of articles by faculty advistors of
high school publications is begun.
The first article is by Mr. Carroll
Summer, principal of Central Night
school, Atlanta, and faculty advisors
of the Modern Knight, a G. S. P. A.
prize-winning publication. Other
faculty advisors whose articles will
appear in this series are Miss Cath
erine Parker, Girls High school, At
lanta; Miss Adelaide Cunningham,
Commercial High school, Atlanta;
Miss Grace Wyatt, Canton High
school, Canton; Mr. W. J. Scott,
principal Bass Junior High school,
Atlanta; Mrs. Rona W. Young, Com
merce High school; and Miss Decora
Adams, G. M. C., Milledgeville.
Publications Studied
Professor Edward C. Crouse of the
Henry W. Grady School of Journal
ism faculty has Just made a critical
study of this year’s first issues of
Georgia high school publications.
These observations were published
in the bulletin.
Officials of the G. S. P. A. are con
sidering some new prizes for award
at the annual meeting In May. An
nouncements will be made later, but
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UNIVERSITY OP GEORGIA, ATHENS, GA„ OCTOBER 30, 1031.
Bulldogs Included
W ith Nation's Best
The University of Georgia football
team is among the thirty-two un
beaten teams in the United States.
The Bulldogs have scored 107
points to their opponents’ 14.
Heading the list with five succes
sive victories is Davis and Elkins
college, New York university is sec
ond, and Syracuse university is
third. Georgia has played four suc
cessful games and has six left on
her schedule, among which are
games with New York university
and Tulane university, two of the
unbeaten teams.
Georgia is ranked by leading
sports experts of the country as
among the nation’s top-notch teams.
When the Bulldogs play N. Y. U.
Nov. 7, the largest crowd of the
present season is expected to pack
the Yankee stadium.
Dooner Is Elected
Presiding Justice of
Senior Law Class
New Court of Honor Officers
To Be Formally Presented
To Student Body Soon
Election of William H. Dooner,
Jr., Savannah, as chief justice of the
court of honor, Lumpkin Law school
Wednesday, completed its organiza
tion for the year.
Other justices of the court, all of
whom were elected by their respec
tive classes, are; William T. Thur
man, Atlanta; and Joseph M. Ray,
Coleman, from the senior class; Rog
er Cobb, Blairsville; and Dudley
Cook, Atlanta; from the junior class;
Charles Moloney, Dublin; and Down
ing Musgrove, Homerville, from the
freshman class.
Only Seniors Eligible
At the organization meeting of
the court, Robert J. Bruce, Sea Is
land Beach, president of the senior
law class, presided until Dooner was
elected and then he relinquished ihe
gavel to the new presiding justice.
Only seniors are qualified to hold
the office.
Within the next ten days a meet-
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Students Will See
Exhibit of Paintings
Approximately forty paintings
will be on exhibition at War Me
morial hall for the next two weeks,
according to Miss Annie Carlton,
librarian.
The exhibition is on its annual
southeastern tour and is sent by the
Landscape club of Washington, D.
C. The exhibition will arrive in Ath
ens the latter part of this week and
will remain in Athens until Novem
ber 14, when they will be sent to
Macon.
The Landscape club of Washing
ton has sent their collection to the
university regularly for the past
years and a few artists whose works
will appear in the groups are
familiar to Athenians.
The collection will be comprised
of oil paintings, watercolor paint
ings, pastels, engravings, woodcuts,
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Standardized
Senior Rings
Now on Sale
Same as Those of Last Year,
But $1.25 Cheaper. George
Strong Taking Orders
Definite adoption of a standard
senior ring and signing of a contract
which will save the senior class
more than $1,000 was announced to
day by Chancellor Charles M. Snell-
ing.
Nine jewelry companies sent in
competitive bids for the standard
ring, which has been copyrighted by
the Prudential committee of the
Board of Trustees. Herff, Jones and
company were awarded the contract
at a price of $15.75 for each ring
complete. The contract is to con
tinue as long as the company con
tinues to give satisfactory service.
Cost Decreased
Class rings will cost $4.25 less
this year than they cost the last
graduating class, and Ihe present
ring will be the same as that used
by the 1931 graduating class. It is
estimated that the Senior class will
be saved a total of $1,000 by the
adoption of the new ring.
The new rings will go on sale im
mediately, according to George B.
Strong, Newnan, secretary and treas
urer of the senior class. Orders for
rings should be given to Strong, who
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Students Compete
For Pandora Staff
Tuesday Afternoon
Tryouts for the Pandora staff will
be held at 4:30, Tuesday afternoon,
Nov. 3, at the Pandora office in the
Commerce building, according to W.
G. Wells, editor.
A staff artist is needed, and stu
dents who wish to try for this posi
tion may do so at that time.
Selections Tills Spring
Freshmen, sophomores, and
juniors are eligible for positions.
Elections will be made in the spring
on the basis of the amount and
quality of work done by contestants
during the year. Places are open
on the editorial and business staffs
but the work of both will be the
same at present.
Proof* Itetiirned
All proofs of pictures to go into
the Pandora are expected back by
Nov. 4. They may be obtained by
calling at the Pandora office between
3 p. m. and 4 p. m. The editor
urges students to return proofs as
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Sheffield Awarded
Scholarship Medal
Clifford Sheffield, Atlanta, has
been awarded the Hamilton Mc
Whorter scholarship medal for mak
ing the highest average in the fresh
man class of 1930-31. His general
average was between 97 and 98 for
the school year.
Sheffield is a member of the
Sigma Chi, national social fraternity.
He was on the freshman swimming
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Mus icia ns hen ve
For Florida Fray
The University of Georgia band
will leave Athens tonight at 7:00
o’clock for Gainesville, Florida,
where the game will be played. A
two hour stop will he made In Jack
sonville Saturday morning, and the
team will arrive approximately two
hours before the game.
Bulldogs Seek
Decisive Win
Over Florida
Georj^a Veteran S<|ua<l Out
For Revenge at Gainesville
Homecoming Classic
The band will make an “F” in
front of the Florida stands, and play
Florida's song. The Pritchard
twins, Frank and Charles, will put
on a stunt rifle drill. The band will
then go to the front of the Georgia
stands, form the "G,” and play the
Alma Mater.
They will return that night on
the seven o’clock train for Athens,
although some of the boys will stay
over Saturday night for the dance.
Strickland Elected
To Head "X” Club
For Coming Year
A1 Smith, Hurold Martin, and
J. G. Bryant Fill Other
Major Offices
William M. Strickland, Buchanan,
campus leader, was elected president
of the newly organized “X” club at
a meeting held this week. Other
officers elected were: A1 G. Smith,
Woycross, vice-president; Harold II.
Martin, Commerce, secretary; and J.
G. Bryant, Hoschton, treasurer.
Frank Hawkins, Macon, and James
II. Cobb, Savannah, were elected to
I lie advisory council.
Strickland is a new Initiate of
Sphinx, highest ranking honorary
organization on the university cam
pus a member of Gridiron,, vice-
president of Blue Key, cuptain of the
lacrosse team, member of the var
sity basketball team, member of the
editorial board of the Pandora and
The Red and Black, captain of the
University Cavalry unit, anil highest
scorer among southern lacrosse
teams last year. He is a candidate
for a bachelor of science degree in
comerce.
Other charter members of the new
organization are: Jack Withers, At-
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Frosh "Y” Cabinet
Selected Tuesday
Members of the Freshmen Y. M.
C. A. cabinet for the year 1931-32
were selected Tuesday evening by
officers of the Freshmen Y. M. C. A.
They are as follows: Wesley Cal
houn, Macon; Eobert Stevens, At
lanta; Alfred Carter, Hensington;
Howard Scott, Rome; Albert Pace,
Thomson; J. M. Cavender, Mill-
wood; John Carter, Scott; D. N.
Stafford, Waycross; Jack Austin,
Griffin.
The work of the coming year will
be planned at an early meeting, ac
cording to John King, Douglasville,
president.
Regular meetings of the freshman
“Y” cabinet will be held each Tues
day night at 7:30 In the University
Y. M. C. A. rooms.
Seeking their fifth straight victory
of the current season, Georgia’s
Bulldogs today are in Ocala, Fla.,
where they will remain until just be
fore time for the Georglu-Florlda
homecoming day classic at Gaines
ville Saturday afternoon.
The Bulldogs left last night
aboard a special train while hun
dreds of students cheered them off
to what Georgians hope will be u
victory over the Florida ‘Gators,
whom Gorgia lias not defeated since
the great Georgia year of 1927. Two
Florida victories and a tie have re
sulted in Georgiu-Florida games the
past three years.
Bulldog Wants Revenge
Revenge is what Georgia’s veteran
team will seek when It meets the
’Gators tomorrow on Florida soil.
Florida broke a string of Bulldog
victories in 1929 when they defeat
ed Georgia, 18-fi. And lust fall at
Savannah a game Florida team held
tlie powerful Georgians to a 0-0 tie,
after the Bulldogs had run up a
five-game winning streak.
Heavy scrimmages Wednesday
and Thursday left the Georgia squad
in good shape physically and mental
ly for their clash with Florida's
’Gators on their own territory.
Every member of the Bulldog squad
saw action against a game freshman
team yesterday afternoon before the
Bulldogs departed for Florida.
Injuries, which handicapped the
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Sigma Delta Chi
Elects Withers as
National Delegate
Jack Withers, Atlanta, was elected
delegate to the twenty-fourth annual
national convention of Sigma Delta
Chi, national professional journalis
tic fraternity, at the meeting of the
Georgia chapter Wednesday night.
Luke McCanless, Canton, was named
alternate.
Withers is a senior in the Henry
W. Grade School of Journalism, ed
itor of the Red and Black, President
of the Georgia chapter of Sigma
Delta Chi, member of the Blue Key
council, "X” club, Blftads, and Sig
ma Nu socal fraternity.
McCanless is a senior in the Jour
nalism school, treasurer of the Geor
gia chapter of Sigma Delta Chi, and
secretary of the Lambda Chi Alpha
social fraternity.
Three-day Session
The convention this year will be
held at the University of Minnesota
in Minneapolis on the 16, 17, and
18 of Nov. The official headquart
ers of the Executive council will be
the Hotel Nicollet.
Only one day will be used for
business matters. For the first time,
two of the three days will be given
over to a professional program of
shop talk, round tables, addresses
by journalistic top-notchers, vigorous
impromptu debates and discussions
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